Iran Arrests Accused Spies for U.S.

By consistently outperforming expectations and not only surviving but also thriving in spite of hostile forces, Israel has become the Jew among the nations.

What would you do if someone made a derogatory comment about Jews to your face—unaware that you were Jewish?

As someone who deeply supports Israel, I’ve been disheartened —  not by Israel’s military response, which was necessary — but by how poorly the war has been communicated, allowing Hamas to control the narrative from the start. 

The thoughts and feelings that arise for you as you look at this photo of Evyatar David will tell you a lot about yourself.

We are witnessing the triumph of starvation porn. One side in Gaza flaunts the emaciated body of the Jew it is torturing underground, while the other side, the Jews, are condemned as monstrous starvers of innocents. 

This is not a famine born of Israeli tactics. It’s a campaign orchestrated by Hamas—enabled by a credulous press and institutions like the BBC and New York Times.

What can we make of a new Brandeis University study suggesting that few college faculty are hostile to Israel or Jews despite clear evidence of a campus climate that feels profoundly unsafe for Jewish students?

We now have a better appreciation for why Billy Joel understood human longing and disappointment better than most.